Environment Centres

Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm Bristol, Somerset offers students everything they need for an educational enriched, fun-packed, animal welfare school trip experience. With over 100 different animal species (from chickens to elephants!) providing a great learning opportunity for all ages and abilities covering many topics that focus on conservation, wildlife and the environment.

Pinkery is Exmoor National Park’s Centre for Outdoor Learning. Built as an upland farmhouse, the original building has been expanded to create a unique moorland off-grid residential centre. located in its own wild moorland valley over 400 metres above sea level valley in the heart of Exmoor's Dark Skies Reserve. Offering 4 dorm accommodation with its own ensuite facilities and sleeps 44 so typically can cater for groups of up to 36 pupils and 8 staff , self-catering or catered kitchen with common room. We welcome groups from Key Stage 1 to University and beyond.

Ackers Outdoor Activity Centre Birmingham provides a fantastic location for schools to experience outdoor adventure, students can experience curriculum linked, teambuilding enrichment activities such as Archery, Kayaking, Orienteering and Bushcraft. Ackers can accommodate from 10 to around 100 students for an activity day.

Flatford Mill Field Studies Centre Colchester is the first and original field study centre set up in the UK during the 1940’s, educational students can experience a very wide range of curriculum linked topics such as natural history and art courses.

Carymoor Environmental Education Centre Somerset provides inspirational enrichment outdoor learning. Our nature reserve has a wide variety of habitats to explore and our unique location next to a working landfill site makes Carymoor the perfect place to bring green issues to life. Perfect school or educational dat trip focusing on the environment and Ecology & Green Awareness. We provide outreach services also

Rhyd-y-creuau field study centre is set in the Snowdonia National Park with wooded valleys, rocky shores and beaches to explore. Your students can enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking, biodiversity garden, campfire area and teambuilding challenges.

An interactive museum dedicated to the story of the mineral mining past of the North Pennines. Launch on a voyage of learning about the people, places, tools, lifestyle, and legacy of the mining industry that once completely dominated the landscape.

Nettlecombe Court Field Study Centre is located in a valley at the edge of Exmoor National Park. The country mansion is set within heritage parkland, ancient woodland and is near an SSSI due to its lichen communities, great for Conservation studies.

Bickley Hall Farm (Wildlife trust) provides fantastic opportunities for outdoor learning and compliments the National Curriculum, Our delivery staff are experienced environmental educators who are ready for your educational group.

The Field Studies Council, Amersham Centre offers fieldwork and outdoor learning for groups of all ages. Students experience stunning locations, curriculum focused work, high quality teaching that inspires everyone about the environment of today.

Adam Henson's Cotswold Farms Park offers students hands on fun educational outdoor learning experiences from pre-school, to university. Activities can be tailored to cover topics such as conservation, bushcraft, rare breed animals to farm safari and Jurassic digs

Set within 44-acres of beautiful, ancient woodland on the Berkshire/Hampshire border, Ufton Court is a children’s experiential education charity and one of the South East's leading providers of history and outdoor learning programmes for UK school trips. Ufton Court provides a wide range of curriculum-linked history trips and outdoor learning programmes for school groups that spark curiosity and create memories that last and also offers a programme tailored to the needs of the specific group of pupils.

We The Curious Science Centre Bristol is all about asking questions and testing things out, with two floors full of interactive exhibits, new experience Project What If and the UK’s first 3D Planetarium.  Interactive workshops include Forensic science, Phantom of the Universe: The Hunt for Dark Matter 2D, Experience Psychology, Rainforest Families, DNA Detectives The Hunt For Bigfoot and Brain and Body Students learn about their bodies, using digital microscopes, real x-rays, and turn their classmates inside out!

Located on the scenic border of Dorset and Somerset, the Magdalen Farm Environmental Centre offers immersive, hands-on day trips across its 132 acres of organic farmland and diverse nature reserves. These visits allow students and groups to engage directly with sustainable agriculture through activities like feeding farm animals, harvesting organic vegetables, and learning about the journey of food from soil to plate. The centre provides a wide array of curriculum-linked programs, ranging from "Survival in the Wild" bushcraft sessions to scientific "river dipping" studies where participants can wade into the shallow River Axe to examine local biodiversity. Sustainability is woven into every experience, often culminating in eco-cooking sessions using outdoor cob ovens and fresh ingredients gathered directly from the sprawling kitchen gardens. Furthermore, Magdalen Farm is widely recognized for its inclusive environment, offering SEN-friendly facilities and specialized staff to ensure that learners of all abilities can safely explore and connect with the natural world.

Preston Montford Field Study Centre is situated in the heart of Shropshire on the banks of the River Severn with views into Wales. Set in a 12-hectare estate which provides a rich range of habitats, including SSSI for educational groups to experience.

Located in the foothills of Snowdonia, the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is a world famous eco centre that research and supports greener ways of living. It also tries to demonstrate practical solutions for sustainability, while covering all aspects of green living making it a perfect school day trip for your students who wish to invest in their future. All the workshops address sustainability across a range of curriculum subjects